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Why have there been large coalitions of countries throughout history that come together to draft agreements about the boundaries of war and what constitutes a war crime (like the Geneva Convention), b (kbin.social)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Why can't the U.N. just make war illegal?

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago

Note: I'm not an expert on the topic of the UN or geopolitics

Two countries declare war on eachother and the UN goes:

—"Stop! That's against the law!"

Then the UN proceeds to attack the countries to stop the war, starting another war.

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